Letter: Trump says one thing, does another

Thursday

May 2, 2019 at 10:42 PMMay 2, 2019 at 10:42 PM

Following the horrific shooting at yet another place of worship, this time a California Synagogue, President Donald Trump offered his deepest sympathies condemning the assault. Yet just days before, Trump attending a rally of the National Rifle Association, proudly announced that he would remove the signature of the United States from a United Nations Arms Treaty limiting small arms sales, enabling people similar to the 19-year-old assailant to purchase these same arms. While NRA members cheered, Trump had that proud, smug, cat-that-swallowed-the-canary look on his face.

Those words are very hypocritical on his part. He is condemning something he supports, the right for anyone to purchase weapons so that these people can kill at their own whim and will.

Maybe, just maybe, that was what he and his wife were reportedly arguing over at Mar-a-Lago during dinner. The White House bedroom was getting overcrowded between the president, first lady and the NRA.

Alan Amiralian

Framingham

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